Quilting frame stand



Oct. 31, 1939. A. D. w. JANSSEN 2 QUILTING FRAME STAND Filed Feb. 23, 1937 grwcwtoo Anna D. W. danssen 3543 M MW Patented Oct. 31, 1939 its - UNi'rE sr Fries anrnrmo rant/is s'rAND 2 @lairns.

provision of corner posts, each post having a clamp for engaging the end portion of a side rail of the quilting frame and having also a clamp for engaging the end portion of an end rail of the quilting frame.

Another object is the provision of a support for a quilting frametogether with clamping members which cooperate with the support for engaging the quilting frame to clamp the members thereof against the .stand.

Still another of my objects is the provision of a corner post support for a quilting frame with devices for tightly clamping the members 'of the frame against the posts.

Hawing in View these objects and others which will be pointed out in the following description, I will now refer to thedrawing in which Figure 1 is a view in isometric projection showing the quilting frame secured to the support and having a quilt thereon, the parts being arranged as they appear when in use.

Figure 2 is a View in isometric projection of one of the corner posts with the feet folded against the post.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are side elevational views of the upper portion of a post and showing particularly the action of the clamping members in various positions of adjustment.

' The quilting frame itself is the common and well known frame consisting of a pair of side rails H! and a pair of end rails ll arranged in rectangular relation. The rails must be secured together at the corners of the frame and this is usually done by means of a specially designed clamp which has been in use for many years. The frame with the quilt is usually supported on 'a'table, bed. the backs of chairs or anything invention is designed to provide the support combined with clamping devices which are far superior to the prior clamps.

The support includes four posts it having feet It for maintaining the posts in upright and stable position. Each post has a pair of apertures else that can serve as an improvised support. My

(G1. EE- 24) for receiving bolts i l and i5 respectively, the aperture forthe bolt it being transverse to the rail i it and the aperture of the bolt it being transverse with respect to the railll. The two apertures are spaced apart a distance slightly greater t than the combined thickness of the two rails. The bolt it is L-shaped for clamping the rail ill against the post it as best shown in Figure 5. Similarly the bolt i5 is adapted to clamp the rail ll against the post was best shown in Figure i. The bolt it has ariinclined and in: turned projection iii having a definite function during quilting. The bolts M and iii are provided with wing nuts for convenience in tightening and loosening the quilting frame without difficulty orloss of time. The posts it! are preferably provided with a second pair of apertures it spaced vertically from the apertures occupied. by the bolts M and it. The quilting may be done from chairs or other seats of various heightsso that a second pair of bolt holes makes possible the adjustment of the quilting frame to a convenient height. i

The posts it are maintained individually in' upright positionby means of the feet it so that the quilting frame is maintained in exceedingly stable position during use. For storage, however, it is desirable that the feetbe foldable to conserve space. 'The feet ltare therefore hinged at ll to be folded against the post It as shown in Figure 2. Linksv it are pivotally secured to the feet l3 and these links are provided at their free end portions with notches for engaging the pins it projecting from the post 2 to latch the feet in their operative position and to thereby pre- 3 vent the collapse of the support while the work is goingon.

The utility of my quilting frame stand will be obvious to those skilled in the art. The frame is set up the manner shown in Figure 1 and the clamps drawn tight so that the quilting frame is supported convenient height and in rigid rectangular form. The. quilt is secured to the end rails ii in the usual. the most common method being pinning to a layer of fabric surrounding the end rails. If the quilt is too slack, the bolts 5 at one end of the frame are released two posts with the end rail may be ted. outwardly until the quilt is taut after which the bolts it are tightened. As the work of quilting progresses from either or both ends of the our it becomes necessary that one or both ends of the quilt be rolled to bring the unworked portion of the quilt within convenient reach. This may be done by loosening both bolts l4 and I5 from clamping engagement at the end which is to be rolled whereupon the quilt may be rolled on the end rail l I with the side rails if! as a track and the two legs may at the same time be 5 shifted inwardly to shorten the entire frame. The bolts l4 and l5, and particularly the latter, are rotatable in the apertures as best shown in Figures 3 and 4. During the quilting operation and while the bolts l5 are in the clamping relation with the posts, their projecting end portions are downturned to engage the end rails but when the end rails are to be rolled, the bolts are not only released from clamping position but they are turned into the Figure 3 position to leave the end rails free for rolling movement on the side rails as tracks.

The use of my quilting frame stand obviates the need for any improvised support such as chair backs which are repeatedly needed for other purposes before the work of quilting is completed. In such cases the frame and quilt must be carefully deposited on a bed until the chairs are again available after which the frame and quilt must again be carefully shifted. The shifting is diflicult because the old style quilting frame clamps do not maintain the frame suficiently rigid as the clamps are too fragile to sustain much pressure. I dispense entirely with the prior clamps which are so fragile that they are apt to break when they fall to the floor and I use instead the clamps Hi and 55 which are secured to the legs or posts IE to make the quilting frame and its support a unitary and very rigid structure. When no quilting is bein done, the four posts are folded and they then occupy but very little more space with the quilting frame than the quilting frame alone would occupy.

Having thus described my invention in such full, clear and exact terms that its construction .4 and utility will be readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent of the United States is:

l. A quilting frame and a support therefor, said quilting frame including a pair of side and a pair of end rails arranged in contiguity with said side rails, legs at the corners of said quilting frame, bolts passing through said legs in parallelism with said end rails and having upwardly projecting arms at the inner extremities thereof for both supporting said side rails and for clamping said side rails against said legs, and other bolts for engaging said end rails, said end rail engaging bolts being in parallelism with said side rails and being positioned above said side rails at a distance substantially equal to the vertical thickness of said end rails and having downturned end portions for clamping said end rails against said legs, the arrangement being such that the release of said last named bolts will leave said end rails free to be rolled on said side rails as a track.

2. A quilting frame consisting of a pair of side rails and a pair of end rails arranged in rectangular form, a stand for supporting said quilting frame, said stand comprising four posts at the corners of said frame, said posts and said end and side rails being all rectangular in cross section whereby said posts and rails may be firmly seated against each other, said posts being each provided with a plurality of pairs of vertically spaced apart apertures, the lower of the apertures of each pair of apertures being transverse of the quilting frame and adapted for the reception of a projecting L- shaped bolt for supporting an end of one of said side rails whereby said side rail may be clamped to the post, the upper of the apertures of the pair of apertures being positioned longitudinally of the quilting frame and vertically spaced from the lower of the pair of apertures a vertical distance substantially equal to the combined vertical thickness of an end rail and a side rail, an end rail resting on the side rail and adjacent one of said posts, a bolt passing through the second named aperture and adapted to overlie the end rail and having first a downturned portion for engaging the inner side of the end rail and then an inturned portion for engaging the lower corner edge of the end rail.

ANNA D. W. JAN-SEEN. 

